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Assonance

Assonance: similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing different consonants:

  • A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. --Matthew 5:14b (KJV)
  • Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. --Matthew 5:16 (KJV)
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